Jet Blue Extra review: Well, I honestly can say the airline is better than American, whom I swear gave us dog biscuits for a snack. Free Wifi, decent seat space, group 2 seating. Will I fly with them again? Probably, but in the mean time, the plan is to try something new.

Airbnb: I rented an Airbnb Villa (Villa Prikichi), which was beautiful, functional and was perfect. 3 bedroom house, seperate apartment and pool. Residing in the neighborhood Sabana Liber Villa Park. Quiet, well besides the barking dogs and toads (toads that sound like sirens). The cost - $331 per night.

Noord: Our villa was located on the northern portion of the Island and I'm very glad for that. We rented bicycles for 7 days and mostly stayed north of Oranjestad. The best beaches are really in this northern area. There are activities to do south but if the beaches and water are what your interested in, then north it is. The island is very bikeable. But truely, there were few cyclists exploring, probably because of the sun.

The beaches and water are beautiful. Sand is soft, water warm and clear. We swam with many fish and after 7 days of searching we found the turtles.

In conclusion, Aruba is beautiful. It isn't a location that I would repeatedly visit, the cities are designed for tourism, American tourism. The entire island is designed for tourism, which is not my cup of tea. Beautiful but not my cup of tea.